I thought it might be useful to add a quick comment about why dark is being treated special and fixes aren't being ported back to 2.0. There are several reasons: dark 3.0 is a complete re-write, so we can't directly port changes back, and the 2.0 code was never fully utilized before we began to lockdown wix 2.0, so it didn't get as much time to bake as the rest of the toolset. In order to most efficiently allocate resources, we decided to invest our efforts in dark 3.0 and essentially retire the dark 2.0 codebase. Work on the 3.0 toolset is coming along nicely, so hopefully this will not be an inconvenience too much longer :)
Derek -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stefan Pavlik Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 10:57 PM To: Neil Sleightholm Cc: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Dark Orca Hi, I have the similar problem with with the package I have created (our product). I have asked the WiX team and the answer was that it is a bug, but it is already fixed in WiX 3 and this fix will not be ported back to WiX 2. You can try WiX 3 to "dark" the Orca.msi (it works for me). regards... Stefan Neil Sleightholm wrote: > Does anyone know why you can't "dark" the Orca.msi. I get the > following > error: > > dark orca.msi orca.wxs > Microsoft (R) Windows Installer Xml Decompiler Version 2.0.4126.0 > Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation 2003. All rights reserved. > > > orca.msi > dark.exe : error DARK0001 : Input string was not in a correct format. > > Exception Type: System.FormatException > > Stack Trace: > at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, > NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal) > at System.Number.ParseInt32(String s, NumberStyles style, > NumberFormatInfo info) > at System.String.System.IConvertible.ToInt32(IFormatProvider > provider) > at System.Convert.ToInt32(Object value, IFormatProvider provider) > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessSummaryInformati > on > () > at > Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.ProcessProductElement(B > oo > lean writeDocumentElements) > at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Decompiler.Decompile(String > inputPath, String outputPath) > at Microsoft.Tools.WindowsInstallerXml.Tools.Dark.Run(String[] > args) > > > Regards > > Neil > > Neil Sleightholm > X2 Systems Limited > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1575 (20060602) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > -- Stefan Pavlik | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Whitestein Technologies | www.whitestein.com Panenska 28 | SK-81103 Bratislava | Slovak Republic Tel +421(2)5930-0735 | Fax +421(2)5443-5512 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
